Mattress Firm to close more Houston-area stores

Mattress Firm plans to close 24 stores in the Houston area as it works through Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

>>>See the Mattress Firm sites that are closing in the Houston area ...

PHOTOS: Shuttering stores

Mattress Firm plans to close 24 stores in the Houston area as it works through Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

>>>See the Mattress Firm sites that are closing in the Houston area ...

Photo: Bill Montgomery / Houston Chronicle

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PHOTOS: Shuttering stores

Mattress Firm plans to close 24 stores in the Houston area as it works through Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

>>>See the Mattress Firm sites that are closing in the Houston area ...

PHOTOS: Shuttering stores

Mattress Firm plans to close 24 stores in the Houston area as it works through Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

>>>See the Mattress Firm sites that are closing in the Houston area ...

Photo: Bill Montgomery / Houston Chronicle

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Mattress Firm will close six more stores in the Houston area as it works its way through Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The nation's largest mattress retailer, which filed for bankruptcy protection on Oct. 5, is trying to exit hundreds of store leases in under performing and overlapping locations to get out from under $3.2 billion in debt. The Houston-based company said it will use the cost savings to improve its product offerings, open stores in new markets and expand in high-performing markets.

Mattress Firm plans to shutter up to 700 of its 3,300 stores nationwide. The company earlier this month announced 200 store closures, including 18 in the Houston area, and has been filing court documents to reject additional leases.

So far, Mattress Firm has targeted 24 store closures in the Houston area. The company has at least 138 stores locally.